This letter was sent to Judge Robert S. Kraft by fax to (513) 946-5808 on 30 September 2000:

AntiPolygraph.org

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maschke@antipolygraph.org
Saturday, 30 September 2000
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
ATTN: ROBERT S. KRAFT
GENERAL DIVISION
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
1000 MAIN STREET
CINCINNATI OH 45202
Dear Judge Kraft:
Kimball Perry of the Cincinnati Postreported on 27 September 2000
that you were planning to urge your fellow judges to allow
expanded use of polygraph chart readings in the courtroom. I urge
you to re-consider your position.
Polygraphy is fundamentally dependent on trickery and has no
scientific basis. It has a built-in bias against the truthful, and
yet is handily defeated by deceptive persons through easily
learned countermeasures.
I invite you to download and read AntiPolygraph.org's free book,
The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. You'll find it on-line at:
http://antipolygraph.org/pubs.shtml
In it, you will discover the trickery on which polygraphy depends
and learn how polygraph "tests" can be and have been easily
defeated. Polygraph chart readings are utterly unreliable, and
should never be admitted as evidence in a court of law.
You may also wish to consider the case of Floyd "Buzz" Fay of
Perrysburg, Ohio, who in 1978 was wrongly convicted of murder and
sentenced to life in prison based on polygraph "evidence."
Sincerely,
George W. Maschke
AntiPolygraph.org
P.S.: A copy of this letter will be posted on AntiPolygraph.org's
web site.